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  2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    The traditional number of asanas is the symbolic 84, but different texts identify different selections, sometimes listing their names without describing them. [3] [a] Some names have been given to different asanas over the centuries, and some asanas have been known by a variety of names, making tracing and the assignment of dates difficult. [5]

  3. Category:Ancient yoga texts - Wikipedia

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    Ancient texts on Yoga, up to around 1000 AD, excluding Medieval texts such as those on Hatha yoga. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  4. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. [3] [4] [5] Of these some called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar. [6]

  5. Category:Hatha yoga texts - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Hatha yoga texts" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahirbudhnya Samhita;

  6. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Wikipedia

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    Barbara Miller also notes numerous similarities the difference between Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and teachings in Buddhist texts: In Samkhya and Yoga, as in Buddhism and Jainism, the most salient characteristic of existence is duhkha or suffering. According to Buddhism, the origin of suffering is desire; according to Yoga, it is the connection ...

  7. Yoga - Wikipedia

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    A number of yoga texts, such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Yoga Kundalini and the Yoga Tattva Upanishads, have borrowed from (or frequently refer to) the Yoga Yajnavalkya. [196] It discusses eight yoga asanas (Swastika, Gomukha, Padma, Vira, Simha, Bhadra, Mukta and Mayura), [197] a number of breathing exercises for body cleansing, [198] and ...

  8. Hatha yoga - Wikipedia

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    The Haṭha Yoga Pradipika text dedicates almost a third of its verses to meditation. [97] Similarly, other major texts of Haṭha yoga such as the Shiva Samhita and the Gheranda Samhita discuss meditation. [98] In all three texts, meditation is the ultimate goal of all the preparatory cleansing, asanas, pranayama and other steps.

  9. Yoga Upanishads - Wikipedia

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    Some of these topics are not covered in the Bhagavad Gita or Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. [10] Many texts describe Yoga as consisting of steps or members (angas) and according to Paul Deussen, the important Yoga Upanishads which deal with these are the Brahmavidya, Kshurika, Culika (listed under the Samanya Upanishads), Nadabindu, Brahmabindu ...